Pay and cost of living in Multnomah County, OR
Multnomah County, OR is part of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA labor market, and this page summarizes 58 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $57,955 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $183,720, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $35,620.
A one-bedroom apartment in Multnomah County, OR has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,633 a month and a two-bedroom $1,878. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,059 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $53,510 a year, and every one of the 58 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Multnomah County, OR or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Multnomah County, OR
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Multnomah County, OR, set beside the Oregon and national medians.
Median household income in Multnomah County, OR is $88,766, 7% above the Oregon median of $83,011 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($19,596) equals 22.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $57,955, is 35% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Multnomah County, OR pay a median of $5,301 a year in real estate taxes, 37% above the Oregon median of $3,876. With a median home value of $552,700, 16% above the Oregon median of $477,600, the ratio of the two medians is 0.96% a year.
Renters in Multnomah County, OR pay a median gross rent of $1,646 a month in the Census survey, 8% above the Oregon median of $1,525. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,633; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Multnomah County, OR who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.4 minutes each way, 6% above the Oregon average of 23.0. 26.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.